1 Witten

Features

Issuer Free Hanseatic city of Hamburg (German States)
Period Free Hanseatic City (1324-1922)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1350-1379
Value 1 Witten = 4 Pfennig (1⁄48)
Currency Mark (1325-1552)
Composition Silver
Weight 1.26 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
108445
References Gaed# 1091,
Otto Christian Gaedechens; 1850. Hamburgische Münzen und Medaillen / Abtheilung 1. Die Münzen und Medaillen seit dem Jahre 1753. Johann August Meissner, Hamburg, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.
Jesse# 303,
Wilhelm Jesse; 1928. Der wendische Münzverein. Lübeck. Hansischer Geschichtsverein.
Saur# 3411
Hugo von Saurma-Jeltsch; 1892. Die Saurmasche Münzsammlung deutscher, schweizerischer und polnischer Gepräge von etwa dem Beginn der Groschenzeit bis zur Kipperperiode. Weyl, Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

Cathedral towers

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: MOnETA hAMBVRGEnS

Lettering (regular font): MONETA HAMBVRGENS

Reverse

Cross pattée; nettles in angles.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: BEnEDICTVS ‡ DEVS

Lettering (regular font): BENEDICTVS ‡ DEVS

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1350-1379) 

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